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As The Dewdrops Slide

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Genesis 2 As the dewdrops slide down the tomato Silent thoughts turn to you How you love to plant a garden, eat The fruits, but not a stew God planted a garden for man Man was given a command To tend the grand garden planted Now what happens to the land Husband of mine still tries to tend While scientist still mix Potions to destroy the whole world Then earth they can't fix In the garden, dirt on your hands You are content again Out in the heat, sweat on your skin Will you die out there in pain

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/20/2025 10:45:00 PM

This is a very thoughtful poem on the importance of planting one's own food. Too bad so many of our crops are poisoned by chemicals

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/21/2025 3:41:00 AM

Andrea, well, I was thinking about chemicals of destruction like bombs. When farmers try to grow huge fields for large populations, they have to use what they have got to fight bugs, plagues, microbes, etc. Someday the earth will be free of the curse, so man won't have to use those things. Sara K

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 7/15/2025 7:34:00 AM

Gardening has always been soothing to me. Something about that dark earth that grounds me. Nicely written Sara. :)

Valsa George

Date: 7/8/2025 9:52:00 PM

Your poem invokes very nostalgic remembrances in me.... ! I remember the tomato plants with clusters of ripe and raw tomatoes in my mother's kitchen garden. She used to enjoy eating them raw. Some, she used to make into a salad.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/9/2025 4:53:00 AM

Valsa, yes, our parents planted tomatoes in the garden most of the time and ate them in some form. My father did not eat tomatoes because of the fact that he had dentures and the seeds from the tomatoes hurt his gums. He would plant my mother a tomato plant and a pepper plant so she would have them. She put tomatoes in vegetable soup so we all could enjoy the nice acidy flavor of them. Sara K

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 7/7/2025 10:36:00 PM

How sweet! Personally, the only way that I can eat tomatoes are in stew or soup, but my husband loves tomatoes! I love your darling poem Sara <3

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/8/2025 6:20:00 AM

Why, thank you, Bj, for the nice comments. I can eat fresh sliced tomato, or a cherry tomato just as is, but not very many at one time. I like them in soups, stews, sauces, etc. Amazing in the differences in people of the world. The tomato was once called the love apple, and it has nutrients or enzymes or antioxidants that help improve circulation, etc. so maybe it is the love apple. Sara K

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/7/2025 8:24:00 PM

Now you've got me stewing over this one, Sara...

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/8/2025 6:17:00 AM

Ha!! Ha!! Gershon, your humor adds a special touch. Sara K

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/7/2025 4:59:00 PM

Enjoyed each line, dear Sara!

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/7/2025 5:10:00 PM

Why, thank you, Kim. I am glad you enjoyed it. Sara K

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 7/7/2025 1:19:00 PM

I enjoyed reading your "As The Dewdrops Slide" write. Great Picture... I love eating them hot or cold. Have a wonderful/blessed day writing away..................

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/7/2025 4:39:00 PM

Thank you, Paula. I think a large number of people enjoy tomatoes in so many ways, but probably a huge number of those people have no idea where the sauces, condiments, or tomato slices on the hamburger come from. Sara K

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/7/2025 11:40:00 AM

- Growing and watching your own vegetables grow... a joy - A great poem, Sara :) - hugs

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/7/2025 4:37:00 PM

Anne-Lise, thank you for the uplifting review of my work. I don't go to the garden much anymore, but I just shelled about 1/4 of a bushel of black-eyed peas from the garden which I will cook tomorrow. My husband does most of the gardening now. Sara K